![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight over Mt. Whitney - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
The DC-8 banking over the jagged peak of Mount Whitney on a February 25, 1998 flight. The DC-8 and a pair of ER-2 aircraft are operated by the Airborne Science program at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA, other governmental agencies, academia, and scientific and technical organizations employ the DC-8 for a variety of experiments.
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| NASA DFRC Lear 24 in flight - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Lear 24, tail number 805, in flight. The Lear 24 was modified as an airborne test aircraft, but on June 7, 2001, it was involved in a landing accident at Victorville. The crew was not hurt, but the aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair.
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| F-111E IPCS in flight - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
This NASA Dryden Flight Research Center photograph taken in 1975 shows the General Dynamic IPCS/F-111E Aardvark with a camouflage paint pattern. This prototype F-111E was used during the flight testing of the Integrated Propulsion Control System (IPCS). The wings of the IPCS/F-111E are swept back to near 60 degrees for supersonic flight. During the same period as F-111 TACT program, an F-111E Aardvark (#67-0115) was flown at the NASA Flight Research Center to investigate an electronic versus a c...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| AC72-2695 - NASA/Ames Research Center
Guidance and Navaigation: CV-990 Shuttle simulation - descent at Edwards Airforce Base, Dryden Flight Research Center, CA (Shuttle un-powered descent and landing diagram)
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| AC72-2696 - NASA/Ames Research Center
Guidance and Navaigation: CV-990 Shuttle simulation - descent at Edwards Airforce Base, Dryden Flight Research Center, CA
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| The X-38 vehicle #131R arrives at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
The X-38 Vehicle 131R, intended to prove the utility of a "lifeboat" crew return vehicle to bring crews home from the International Space Station in the event of an emergency, was unloaded from NASA's Super Guppy transport aircraft on July 11, 2000. The newest X-38 version arrived at Dryden for drop tests from NASA's venerable B-52 mother ship. The tests will evaluate a 7,500 square-foot parafoil intended to permit the crew return vehicle to return from space and land in the length of a football...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| X-43A departs NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for first free-flight attempt. - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's NB-52B carrier aircraft from Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 2, 2001 for the first of three high-speed free flight attempts. About an hour and 15 minutes later the Pegasus booster was released from the B-52 to accelerate the X-43A to its intended speed of Mach 7...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| NASA Dryden's new in-house designed Propulsion Flight Test Fixture (PFTF) flew mated to a specially- - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's new in-house designed Propulsion Flight Test Fixture (PFTF) is an airborne engine test facility that allows engineers to glean actual flight data on small experimental engines that would otherwise have to be gathered from traditional wind tunnels, ground test stands or laboratory setups. Now, with the "captive carry" capability of the PFTF, new air-breathing propulsion schemes, such as Rocket Based Combined Cycle engines, can be economically flight-tested usi...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) - NASA
EC03-0174-1 The Active Aeroelastic Wing F-18 research aircraft (AAW) is shadowed by another F-18 in formation during a flyover of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Read Project Description June 25, 2003 NASA Photo / Jim Ross
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) - NASA
EC04-0361-02 NASA's Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 resumed flight tests in the second phase of the program at the Dryden Flight Research Center in early December 2004. Read Project Description December 15, 2004 NASA Photo / Jim Ross
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Firebee Drone - NASA
ECN-20288 DAST-2, a modified BQM-34 Firebee II drone, undergoes calibration in a hangar at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. After the crash of the first DAST vehicle, project personnel fitted a second Firebee II serial # 72-1558 with the rebuilt ARW-1 ARW-1R wing. The DAST-2 made a captive flight aboard the B-52 on October 29, 1982, followed by a free flight on November 3, 1982. During January and February of 1983, three launch attempts from the B-52 had to be aborted due to various probl...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center DFRC
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| E-2C Hawkeye - NASA
EC04-0360-74 Engineers Paul Lundstrom and Larry Reardon monitor forces applied by structural loads equipment during tests on a Navy E-2C in NASA Dryden's flight loads lab. February 2, 2005 NASA Photo / Tony Landis & F-2C Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| F-18 Systems Research Aircraft - NASA
ED08-0267-06 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-18B Systems Research Aircraft on an External Vision System project flight. October 15, 2008 NASA Photo / Jim Ross & F-18 SRA Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| F-18 Systems Research Aircraft - NASA
ED08-0267-07 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-18B Systems Research Aircraft on an External Vision System project flight. October 15, 2008 NASA Photo / Jim Ross & F-18 SRA Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| F-18 Systems Research Aircraft - NASA
ED08-0267-12 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-18B Systems Research Aircraft on an External Vision System project flight. October 15, 2008 NASA Photo / Jim Ross & F-18 SRA Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Beechcraft KingAir - NASA
ED08-0141-15 NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center operates this Beechcraft B-200 King Air N7NA for both pilot proficiency and mission management. June 18, 2008 NASA Photo / Jim Ross & Read King Air Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Pathfinder-Plus - NASA
EC05-0201-04The Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing lifts off Rogers Dry Lake adjoining NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on a turbulence-measurement flight. September 14, 2005NASA Photo / Tom Tschida Pathfinder-Plus Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Dryden People - NASA
ED08-0280-1In support of NASA's 50th Anniversary, hundreds of NASA government and contractor employees dressed in red, white and blue gathered to form a giant ''50'' on the back ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Oct. 28. October 28, 2008 NASA Photo / Tom Tschida Dryden People Description
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| Flight Simulators - NASA
EC99-44962-4 Electronics technician Joe Ciganek was responsible for operation and maintenance of the SR-71 simulator while it was at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. March 25, 1999 NASA Photo / Tom Tschida
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center DFRC
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| Theseus - NASA
ED96-43785-19 The twin pusher propeller-driven engines of the Theseus research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo, taken during a 1996 research flight at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.1996 NASA Photo / Dennis Taylor
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| Visitors - NASA
ED05-0111-1 NASA Dryden research pilot Jim Smolka, left, details a recent flight experiment on a modified F-15B research aircraft to test range program manager Jerry McKee, center director Kevin Petersen and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin right during Griffin's initial visit to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Tuesday, May 24. May 24, 2005 NASA Photo / Tom Tschida
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center DFRC
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| Visitors - NASA
ED05-0111-2 New NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, right shares a moment with Director Kevin Petersen, left, and F-15B project manager Stephen Corda ,center, during Griffin's visit to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Tuesday, May 24. May 24,2005 NASA Photo / Tom Tschid
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center DFRC
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| Visitors - NASA
ED05-0117-09 Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, received an update on the mission of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center during a visit on June 2, 2005. Rep. Calvert, accompanied by several staff members, was briefed by center management on the Dryden's role as a flight research institution, and then reviewed some of the center's recent, current and upcoming flight research projects during a tour of the facility...
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| Miscellaneous: EC02-0176-12 Research pilots from the... - NASA
EC02-0176-12 Research pilots from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., tested a prototype two-part helmet. Built by Gentex Corp., Carbondale, Pa., the helmet was evaluated by five NASA pilots during the summer and fall of 2002. The objective was to obtain data on helmet fit, comfort and functionality. The inner helmet of the modular system is fitted to the individual crewmember...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Miscellaneous: EC02-0176-6 Jeff Greulich, DynCorp life... - NASA
EC02-0176-6 Jeff Greulich, DynCorp life support technician, adjusts a prototype helmet on pilot Craig Bomben at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. Built by Gentex Corp., Carbondale, Pa., the helmet was evaluated by five NASA pilots during the summer and fall of 2002. The objective was to obtain data on helmet fit, comfort and functionality. The inner helmet of the modular system is fitted to the individual crewmember...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| NASA at EAA AirVenture - NASA/Kathy Barnstorff
A Gulfstream III from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew in for the show and was parked at Aeroshell Square. Credit: NASA/Kathy Barnstorff
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| Arctic 2010 Test Flight Briefing - NASA/Tom Tschida
NASA research pilots Dick Ewers (center) and Bill Brockett (right) of Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., and crew are briefed prior to an Operation IceBridge ''shake down'' test flight on March 17, 2010, from Dryden's Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. Credit: NASA/Tom Tschida
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| DC-8 - NASA
Students and several instructors participating in the 2010 Student Airborne Research Program gathered for a group photo with NASA's DC-8 flying science laboratory on the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility ramp prior to their flights. June 28, 2010 Jane Peterson/NSERC
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Fall 2010 Operation IceBridge Mission - NASA
DSC_4253 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center pilots Troy Asher (left) and Bill Brockett (right) are flying NASA's DC-8 research aircraft during NASA's Operation IceBridge Antarctic Fall 2010 campaign. October 2010 NASA /Michael Studinger
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| PA-30 Twin Comanche - NASA 808 in flight - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
Dryden Flight Research Center's Piper PA-30 Twin Commanche, which helped validate the RPRV concept, descends to a remotely controlled landing on Rogers Dry Lake, unassisted by the onboard pilot. A Piper PA-30 Twin Commanche, known as NASA 808, was used at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center as a rugged workhorse in a variety of research projects associated with both general aviation and military projects...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| F-18 Systems Research Aircraft - NASA
ED08-0267-11 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-18B Systems Research Aircraft on an External Vision System project flight. October 15, 2008 NASA Photo / Jim Ross & F-18 SRA Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| With the modified F/A-18 showcased behind him, Kevin Petersen, director of NASA Dryden Flight Resear - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
With the modified F/A-18 showcased behind him, Kevin Petersen, director of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, addressed the audience attending the rollout ceremonies for the Active Aeroelastic Wing flight research project on March 27, 2002.
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Research pilots at NASA Dryden tested a prototype helmet during the summer and fall of 2002. The obj - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
Research pilots from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., tested a prototype two-part helmet. Built by Gentex Corp., Carbondale, Pa., the helmet was evaluated by five NASA pilots during the summer and fall of 2002. The objective was to obtain data on helmet fit, comfort and functionality. The inner helmet of the modular system is fitted to the individual crewmember. The outer helmet features a fully integrated spectral mounted helmet display and a binocular helmet mounted dis...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Jeff Greulich, DynCorp life support technician, adjusts a prototype helmet on a NASA Dryden pilot. F - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
Jeff Greulich, DynCorp life support technician, adjusts a prototype helmet on pilot Craig Bomben at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. Built by Gentex Corp., Carbondale, Pa., the helmet was evaluated by five NASA pilots during the summer and fall of 2002. The objective was to obtain data on helmet fit, comfort and functionality. The inner helmet of the modular system is fitted to the individual crewmember...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| How differential deflection of the inboard and outboard leading-edge flaps affected the handling qua - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
How differential deflection of the inboard and outboard leading-edge flaps affected the handling qualities of this modified F/A-18A was evaluated during the first check flight in the Active Aeroelastic Wing program at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. The Active Aeroelastic Wing program at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center seeks to determine the advantages of twisting flexible wings for primary maneuvering roll control at transonic and supersonic speeds, with traditional control surfaces ...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Air flow testing on aerodynamic truck - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
This photograph illustrates a standard passenger van modified at the Dryden Flight Research Center to investigate the aerodynamics of trucks. The resulting vehicle--re-fashioned with sheet metal--resembled a motor home, with rounded vertical corners on the vehicle's front and rear sections. For subsequent tests, researchers installed a "boat tail" structure, shown in the photograph. During a decade spanning the 1970s and 1980s, Dryden researchers conducted tests to determine the extent to which ...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Dr. Hugh L. Dryden - portrait - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
Dr. Hugh Latimer Dryden, had many titles after his name in his lifetime. In 1949 he became the director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Dr. Dryden received many accolades and awards both during his life and after his death, but the greatest and most appropriate honor came on March 26, 1976, when NASA renamed the NASA Flight Research Center as the NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center...
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| A Ground Crewman Checks Over the X-38 Second Prototype Following the Lakebed Landing of Its Fifth Fl - NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA-DFRC)
The X-38's blue and white parafoil spreads out in front of the research vehicle as it sits on a lakebed near the Dryden Flight Research Center after a March 2000 test flight.
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| FA-18 Mission Support Aircraft - NASA
ED10-0258-085 Two NASA F/A-18B aircraft are captured in tight formation during a low-level flyover of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Dryden has flown the early-model two-seat F/A-18s for mission support duties and for occasional research missions since acquiring them from the U.S. Navy in the mid-1980s. August 27, 2010 NASA Dryden / Tony Landis
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| FA-18 Mission Support Aircraft - NASA
ED10-0258-086 Two NASA F/A-18B aircraft are captured in tight formation during a low-level flyover of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Dryden has flown the early-model two-seat F/A-18s for mission support duties and for occasional research missions since acquiring them from the U.S. Navy in the mid-1980s. August 27, 2010 NASA Dryden / Tony Landis
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| FA-18 Mission Support Aircraft - NASA
ED10-0258-087 Two NASA F/A-18B aircraft are captured in tight formation during a low-level flyover of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Dryden has flown the early-model two-seat F/A-18s for mission support duties and for occasional research missions since acquiring them from the U.S. Navy in the mid-1980s. August 27, 2010 NASA Dryden / Tony Landis
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| FA-18 Mission Support Aircraft - NASA
ED10-0258-088 Two NASA F/A-18B aircraft are captured in tight formation during a low-level flyover of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Dryden has flown the early-model two-seat F/A-18s for mission support duties and for occasional research missions since acquiring them from the U.S. Navy in the mid-1980s. August 27, 2010 NASA Dryden / Tony Landis
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| F-15B #837 Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) - NASA
NASA F-15B research aircraft #836 shadows its stablemate, F-15B #837, during an Intelligent Flight Control System mission from NASA Dryden. July 22, 2005 NASA Photo / Carla Thomas EC05-0148-04
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| F-15B #837 Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) - NASA
This view from a NASA Dryden F-18 chase aircraft shows Dryden's highly modified F-15B, tail number 837, which resumed Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) project flights on Dec. 6, 2002. December 6, 2002 NASA Photo / Carla Thomas EC02-0281-4
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Miscellaneous: EC97-43972-04 Famed aerospace artist Robert... - NASA
EC97-43972-04 Famed aerospace artist Robert McCall with one of three major murals that he painted for NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, ''Accepting the Challenge of Flight.'' Completed in 1997, the mural depicts a variety of Dryden employees in front of a backdrop of various research aircraft flown at Dryden in that era as well as his concepts of the final frontier of spaceflight. 1997 NASA Photo / Tony Landis
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Power Beaming Challenge 2009 - NASA
Metal Shop at DFRC where power beaming teams prepared their climbers and laser equipment. Photo courtesy of NASA
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Altus - NASA
EC97-44175-13 The remotely-piloted Altus I aircraft takes off from Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. The short series of test flights sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School in early August, 1997, were designed to demonstrate the ability of the experimental craft to cruise at altitudes above 40,000 feet for sustained durations. On its final flight Aug...
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Beechcraft KingAir - NASA
ED08-0141-21 NASA's Beechcraft King Air N7NA mission support aircraft soars over the compass rose on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. June 18, 2008 NASA Photo / Jim Ross & Read King Air Project Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| Facilities - NASA
EC96-43421-1The X-1E guards NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's main building.February 21, 1996NASA Photo / Les Teal Facilities Description
Keywords: Where -- Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
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| X-38 Photography during Vehicle drop test - NASA
X-38 Photography during Vehicle drop test at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) during the week of June 25 - June 29, 2001. View of Jeff Fox posing in front of X-38 (01946); View of Bill Valo, Project Manager posing in front of X-38 (01947 thru 01948); View of Michael C. Enman, Crew Chief posing in front of X-38 (01949); View of unidentified individual posing in front of X-38. He is wearing t-shirt: ET the music set you free, Carlos Santana (01950); View of (left to right) of Bill Malo, Michae...
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